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Shannon Nelson | ... | Ruth | |
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Stephen Ivey | ... | Ed |
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Daniel Saunders | ... | Isaiah |
Delani Chambers | ... | Helen | |
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James Carter Montgomery | ... | Clyde |
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Isaac Ivey | ... | Richard |
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Megan Ivey | ... | Hazel |
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Corey Wilder | ... | Dr. Carter |
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Nathan Elkins | ... | Jasper |
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Seana Watson | ... | Daisy |
During the Great Depression, thousands of women died from unregulated abortions-their death certificates read: "Cause of Death: Sepsis, Kidney Failure" instead of "Cause of Death: Unregulated Abortion." Ruth Delay was one of these women. Inspired by a true story and Ruth Delay's actual letters written from 1929-1938, "Ruth" leads us through her desperate journey of: taking "Female Elixirs" made of turpentine, experiencing lead poisoning and sepsis from flushing her uterus with water from old pipes, and enduring an unregulated abortion performed by a Doctor who arrived too late. Written by Theatre For Change